For medicinal chemists, C-glycosides hit something of a sweet spot. These molecules contain a sugar and a nonsugar group tied together by a carbon-carbon bond that is sturdier than the carbon-oxygen ...

Cyanogenic glycosides are naturally occurring compounds found in nearly 3,000 plant species that play a multifaceted role in plant physiology. Upon tissue disruption, these specialised metabolites ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

To understand better and more deeply appreciate the development of knowledge in this field, it is desirable to begin with the simpler aspects of the action of these glycosides and then to proceed to ...

The randomized, open-label, crossover clinical study, led by Priyank Rathi, MD, was published in the science journal Phytomedicine Plus, last July. It evaluated the bioavailability in 16 healthy human ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Foxglove plants, found in many gardens, are known for the showers of bell-shaped flowers they produce. But plants belonging to this genus, Digitalis, also harbor a less visible asset: ...

Stevia scientists are still rolling the taste rock up the hill, engaged in the seemingly Sisyphean task of solving the ingredient’s lingering issues. The sweetener’s huge potential drives formulators ...

Subspecies of the eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly exhibit striking differences in their ability to use quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and other members of the Salicaceae as larval host plants ...

GUELPH, ONT. – Howtian has received a “no questions” letter from the US Food and Drug Administration for the use of the company’s enzyme-modified steviol glycosides as a sweetener in foods. “The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is a generally accepted concept that the secondary plant metabolites - the cyanogenic glycosides, and the pyrrolizidine alkaloids - are the ...

The basic rule concerning the therapeutic dosage of the cardiac glycosides was delineated long ago by Withering, who wrote, "Let it be continued until it either acts on the kidneys, the stomach, the ...